Liverpool in Europe - 2014/15 Europa League

Round:

Round of 32, 1st Leg

Stadium:

Anfield

Date:

Thursday, 19th February 2015

Attendance:

43,353

Time:

20:05 (local time)

Referee:

Szymon Marciniak

Coach:

Brendan Rodgers

Coach:

Slaven Bilic

VALIDATED

LIVERPOOL

BESIKTAS JK

22.

Simon Mignolet

Cenk Gonen

10.

Philippe Coutinho

Serdar Kurtulus

14.

Jordan Henderson (C)

Jose Sosa

15.

Daniel Sturridge

Gokhan Tore

17.

Mamadou Sakho

Veli Kavlak (C)

18.

Alberto Moreno

Demba Ba

20.

Adam Lallana

10.

Olcay Sahan

23.

Emre Can

13.

Atiba Hutchinson

24.

Joe Allen

19.

Pedro Franco

33.

Jordon Ibe

22.

Ersan Gulum

37.

Martin Skrtel

31.

Ramon Motta

52.

Danny Ward

15.

Oguzhan Ozyakup

Sosa 60

Dejan Lovren

Allen 63

21.

Kermin Koyunlu

Sahan 72

Rickie Lambert

19.

Javier Manquillo

29.

Fabio Borini

31.

Raheem Sterling

Lallana 77

45.

Mario Balotelli

Coutinho 63

85 1:0

Jon Flanagan's match issued shirt for 2014-15 Europa League season. Jon Flanagan was not in the Liverpool squad for either of the matches against Besiktas.

Official Programme. 84 pages.

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Official team sheet from UEFA website.

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Besiktas JK - 2013-14 Third in Turkey League - lineup before the match

FORM GUIDE

PHOTOS: #LFC train at Melwood today ahead of Europa League tie with @Besiktas. pic.twitter.com/brkNWNwrTz
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 18, 2015

Pre game shot from last night. pic.twitter.com/puk3uYNzfH
— Jordan Henderson (@JHenderson) February 20, 2015

Liverpool FC?????? pic.twitter.com/5IrU0J14dT
— Alberto Moreno (@lfc18alberto) February 20, 2015

19th February 2015 - Besiktas fans in Liverpool. #LFC #awaydays pic.twitter.com/6hY7jXVprB
— Away Days (@AwayDays7) September 26, 2015

#OnThisDay in 2015,Liverpool-Besiktas 1-0!
1-0 M.Balotelli(85 pen)@LFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/MBbd4YZ9TN
— Юлиян Динев (@forever96juli) February 19, 2022

Brendan Rodgers and @D_Sturridge have spoken to press at Anfield ahead of #LFC's @Besiktas tie. Reports to follow. pic.twitter.com/yWBtKcJQMV
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 18, 2015

4? pic.twitter.com/8fsoni4ybH
— Lazar Markovic (@LMarkec50) February 17, 2015

#OnThisDay in 2015!
Europa League,round of 32
Liverpool-Besiktas 1-0 Balotelli(85 pen)@LFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/WLl1l72hvR
— Юлиян Динев (@forever96juli) February 19, 2021

Besiktas vs Liverpool Live Stream Commmentary and Europa League Scores 2015 Follow live B… http://t.co/UZSwn4721d pic.twitter.com/EEQsSAP5k2
— VAVEL (@VAVEL) February 26, 2015

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On the following Sunday, Liverpool won 2:0 against fifth placed Southampton at St. Mary's. The match had a 4:15 PM kick-off time. An early Philippe Coutinho goal and a second from Raheem Sterling after the break secured the three points for Liverpool. The result left Liverpool in 6th place in the Premier League table on 45 points after 26 matches.

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